Wondering how to use Snowballing in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Snowballing meaning
- The act or practice of making and throwing snowballs.
- A situation which rapidly gets out of control.
Using Snowballing
- The main meaning on this page is: The act or practice of making and throwing snowballs. | A situation which rapidly gets out of control.
- In the example corpus, snowballing often appears in combinations such as: the snowballing, snowballing of.
Context around Snowballing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Snowballing
- In this selection, "snowballing" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hole, began, kept, impact, effect and scandal stand out and add context to how "snowballing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by the snowballing impact of and despite its snowballing debts which. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "snowballing" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with snowballing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In recent years it’s been snowballing. (7 words)
After Roste volunteered to develop a logo, the work kept snowballing. (11 words)
But “this” was the beginning of the snowballing of the situation. (11 words)
Both players' absences were felt in a 6-0 dusting by the Kings on Wednesday that snapped the Wild's eight-game point streak, the Wild's early hole snowballing on them because of poor game management. (37 words)
With rock-bottom rates, there is little incentive for the government to reduce fiscal spending despite its snowballing debts, which already exceed 250 percent of gross domestic product — by far the highest level among developed countries. (36 words)
Of those poll participants who experienced an increase in attacks, 28 percent saw between a one- and 25-percent increase in cyberattack volume – with 37 percent reporting a snowballing of more than 25 percent. (34 words)
Example sentences (13)
Sir Julian Hartley, of NHS Providers, which represents health managers, said he was "alarmed by the snowballing impact" of the strikes.
Both players' absences were felt in a 6-0 dusting by the Kings on Wednesday that snapped the Wild's eight-game point streak, the Wild's early hole snowballing on them because of poor game management.
He was nominated for five Grammys that year, and his wealth began snowballing, with Bad Boy generating $130million.
What started as a bit of fun actually correlated with a snowballing of form on the field.
After Roste volunteered to develop a logo, the work kept snowballing.
But “this” was the beginning of the snowballing of the situation.
Of those poll participants who experienced an increase in attacks, 28 percent saw between a one- and 25-percent increase in cyberattack volume – with 37 percent reporting a snowballing of more than 25 percent.
The figure is the number of people that one infected person will pass it on to, and therefore slowing, carrying on or snowballing the number of people infected.
The snowballing effect has largely taken hold as more and more buyers dive in to push the share price far higher.
In recent years it’s been snowballing.
Stark does like to plan for any negative outcome and one of those was the Hulk snowballing out of control.
He was responding to criticism from the public that the premier has taken no action in relation to the snowballing scandal.
With rock-bottom rates, there is little incentive for the government to reduce fiscal spending despite its snowballing debts, which already exceed 250 percent of gross domestic product — by far the highest level among developed countries.
Common combinations with snowballing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the snowballing 4×
- snowballing of 3×